UPDATE 1-Suncor to restart Alberta refinery units Tuesday

Reuters Staff

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* Refinery units to be restarted Tuesday

* Length of time for start-up process not known

CALGARY, Alberta, March 16 (Reuters) - Suncor Energy Inc (SU.TO) said it plans to restart units at its 135,000 barrel a day Edmonton, Alberta, refinery later on Tuesday after a mechanical problem forced a partial shutdown the day before.

The plant suffered a “process upset” on Monday morning, prompting a controlled shutdown of some processing units. The plant kept producing some fuels after the outage, Suncor, Canada’s largest oil company, said.

She said it was not immediately known how long the start-up process would take. The company did not disclose which units were affected by the outage. (Reporting by Jeffrey Jones; editing by Rob Wilson)